Boston Celtics: Cs MUST enter the Myles Turner sweepstakes

The underwhelming 2020-21 season keeps on going for the Boston Celtics, as they currently find themselves back to being just one game over .500 after their Tuesday night loss to the Utah Jazz.

Starting out the campaign with such promise, going 8-3 through their first 11 games of action, this Cs squad has simply regressed in production and execution since this point of the schedule, as they’ve gone 12-16 from that point on.

Now, while a big portion of these struggles can be chalked up to injury woes and COVID-19 complications, ultimately the consensus vote is that the C’s front office should look into making some moves by this year’s deadline if they truly wish to get back to their preseason status of being one of the top-tier title-contending teams in the association.

Though ideas of what moves can be made range from both big and small, with a popular trade target being Sacramento Kings forward Harrison Barnes, there are some, such as Andy Bailey from Bleacher Report who believe that Boston needs to look into acquiring size at this year’s deadline:

"Boston is surrendering the sixth-highest opponents’ field-goal percentage within three feet of the rim and is barely in the top half of the league in defensive rebounding percentage.The ability to play positionless on both sides of the floor is a plus, but in the Eastern Conference, with potential matchups against Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo on the horizon, bigger options than Thompson (6’9″), Daniel Theis (6’8″) and Robert Williams III (6’8″) might help."

While some of us here at the site believe that the answer to the team’s big man problems can already be found on the roster in third-year center Robert Williams, there is a large portion of the fanbase and NBA analysts that are under the impression that Danny Ainge and co. must consider making a move to bring on another big man to help shore up the weak spots within their scheme.

One specific player rumored to be on the market is none other than the Houdini’s personal favorite big man target for the shamrocks, Myles Turner.

The Boston Celtics should strongly consider trading for Myles Turner

This past offseason, it was reported that the Indiana Pacers and Boston Celtics found themselves in intense trade talks revolving around a Gordon Hayward sign-and-trade that would have sent the wing back to his home state and Turner would then be heading to Massachusetts.

However, negotiations reportedly ended once Ainge’s asking price increased drastically which, in our eyes, wound up making this ordeal an absolute failure.

All of last season we were preaching about how great of an addition the 24-year-old big would have been to the team’s starting rotation and, to our surprise, many fans combatted this notion with a specific reply: “he’s not much different than Daniel Theis.”

We at HH do appreciate what a guy like Theis brings to the table but, we must make it known, he’s a better option for this team than the German Hammer at the pivot.

On the season, Myles Turner is posting averages of 13.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, and a career-best 3.4 blocks per game on 49 percent shooting from the field.

A legitimate Defensive Player of the Year candidate, his defensive assignments are shooting nearly eight percent worse when at the rim while Indiana’s overall defensive rating improves by a team-high 7.9 points per 100 possessions when Turner’s available.

At 6-11, 250-pounds Myles Turner provides the size that’s missing from the center position for the Cs, while his rim-protecting skills (2.2 blocks per game for his career) and floor spacing abilities (35 percent shooter from deep for his career) make him an ideal fit within Brad Stevens’ scheme.

The Boston Celtics must make a move at this year’s deadline and, at the very least, they should try and right their wrong from the offseason by pursuing Indiana’s big man.